This story is written by Yoru Tsukihiko(yaboinethertank, youngboiluK.).

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There I was laughing at my friends, as they talked. I looked at Sara, my friend.

Sarah Williams(Sara U~Iriamuzu). A strong and independent girl, she's the class president. And the one that hates crimes of the group the absolute most.

Her father is an officer so I understand why, I also know she has a crush. But I don't know who she likes. It would be cool if I did know.

And then there's Shinba Sanshain, the dimwit of the friend group. But that's why he's so friendly with someone, he may be an idiot.

But he's our idiot. That's why he's in our friend group, he also likes to brag. He's a carefree and Speratic rich boy.

Then there's my 2nd to last friend. Misuterī Tantei, he's the smartest in our group. And he's also the most diligent person ever, that I know of...

He's also the son of an detective! He helps Sara with her work and he's kind, I could never see him being a terrible person.

Then there's my last friend. Ōkī Aijin, she's the shy one of the group. She has no Huge redeeming qualities, but that's why she's the most friendliest in the group.

Once you get to know her, she'll basically tell you everything, even her achievements. But her past is pretty much a mystery.

"Hey Kōgōshī, did you get any sleep?"

Sara said with worry, her voice was authoritative. As expected from the class president. She noticed I was tired, guess I can't sleep it off.

So I chuckled and scratched the back of my head, staring at her eyes.

"Yeah, no. Hehe."

I had a huge smile. And I cleared my throat. I stood up and stretched, popping my back.

"I was caught up on homework."

"Wow! That was a loud one Kōgōshī!"

Shinba said while laughing, all of my friends joined in. Laughing with them, this is truly the best friendship that will never ever fall. That's my belief.

All of a sudden, everything went white. And I passed out, the light was too bright. Was it happening again?

As I woke up, I slowly opened my eyes. Closing and opening my eyes multiple times before I adjusted. Where am I?

As I stood up I saw Sara, Shinba, Ōkī and Misuterī. As we looked at each other, they also looked confused.

"Where are we?"

"I don't know Kōgōshī, we have to watch and wait. Then we'll most likely get answers." Misuterī said while fixing his glasses.

Ōkī clung to me, her breast brushing against my arm. I blushed heavily, but ignored it.

"Are you okay?"

I whispered to Ōkī, hoping she's alright. As she trembled, someone came from the shadow. This person seemed small, at least about 5'1.

As they emerged me and my friends were surprised, the person looked weird.

"W-who is that?"

I had an confused tone, what is happening? This is so annoying! Why, WHy? WHY?! WHY?! I started to calm down, I need to listen and assess the situation.

I'm sure Misuterī thought the same. As I looked at my friends, I saw Ōkī. She was surprised.

"What's wrong Ōkī?"

"Th-that... That's teru teru from a TV show, that was shut down for excessive violence..."

Ōkī said with fear, she had true fear. Shinba and Misuterī looked at me.

"Where are we?!"

Sara yelled out, she was angry and confused. You could hear it in her tone. Then, Teru Teru finally spoke.

"Hello! Welcome to my game! As you know that girl called Ōkī already said who I was! I was also a manga series, known for my ruthless and friendship breaking games!"

Everyone in the room was surprised, what was this unnecessary game for? To test out friendship, well. Even if it breaks friendships, ours will never break.

"So what?! Our friendship would never break, especially from these little pawn games!"

I yelled out in anger and determination, even though I was confused. I wanted to reassure my friends, after all. This is something I don't want to ruin.

All of a sudden Teru Teru smiled, the rope around his neck falling off.

"Well we'll see!"

"The first game is Hangman! I'm sure everyone here played it! ESPECIALLY YOU KŌGŌSHĪ."

I clenched my teeth.

"The rules are simple, if you can say that! Well let's start!

1. You will have debt collars on your shoulder, the more you play the less debt you have. But you have to win, if you show the amount of debt to anyone, it will increase by 2M yen!(You can see your debt by looking at it.)

2. You will have to choose 1 friend to be the hangman.

3. Once you get an actual letter of the word, the rope will be loosened and lowered. But if you get it wrong, the rope will tighten and be pulled higher.

4. You have a total of 3 hints.

5. There are 3 rounds! 1 hint spans across each round, but you can use all of them on 1 round.

6. If you all don't choose one letter unanimously, you will fail. And the noose gets tighter!

7. You have to write down your letter, and can't let the others see. If you do! Your debt increases by 2M yen!

Did you understand!"

Teru Teru laughed manically as he explained the rules, filling the room with dread. Everyone looked at each other. Sweating, I finally spoke up.

"Let's choose Shinba, he'll most likely choose a simple word. And it'll be easy."

Everyone looked at me, and Shinba looked in fear. But he smiled.

"Yeah I agree!" Shinba said, trying to reassure everyone.

"Alright." Misuterī said.

"Alright, just please choose an easy word." Sara said with sadness.

"I'll make sure to survive, especially for you Sara." Shinba said with a smile, I looked sad. But I know this is the best option.

"Well let's get started!"

Teru Teru brought out the gear from Hangman, and wrapped the rope around his neck. Shinba looked at us with a smile, and as he looked at us.

I looked with determination, and every one of my friends did the same.

"Don't worry, we'll get you out Shinba. Don't worry!"

"Thanks Kōgōshī."

I smiled.